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Germany
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Coke Has Pulled This Ad Because Nazi Germany [Video]
04 Mar 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This makes any mistakes we make on a day to day basis seems almost fine. Because, hey! At least we were not making light of Nazi Germany.
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The Swastika Actually Used To Be Awesome
23 Oct 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Nazi flag, the most hated symbol of the 20th Century, features the dreaded swastika… which actually isn’t that dreaded when you look at its history.
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Uber Ban In Germany Overturned
18 Sep 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A German judge has overturned a nationwide ban on one of the services offered by the alternative taxi firm Uber.
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The Internet Is Angry With This Smiley Auschwitz Selfie Pic
22 Jul 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A teen who took a happy Auschwitz selfie say it was taken out of context and wants everyone to leave her alone.
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Scenes From Germany’s World Cup Celebrations Are Off The Charts [Video]
16 Jul 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The German football team went all out with their coming-home celebrations after winning the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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Who Will Emerge Victorious?
11 Jul 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
How better to get into the massive sporting weekend upon us, than to tackle some betting head-on? Place your bets for the FIFA World Cup final, and returning Super Rugby action this weekend.
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These Are The Best Brazil Vs Germany Memes
09 Jul 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The interweb community has already delivered a bunch of memes after Brazil’s shocking 7-1 loss to Germany in last night’s World Cup semi-final. Here are some of the best.
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This Is How You Market A Supermarket
26 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is when you shout at your local supermarket for never giving you what you never knew you wanted, but always craved. Here it is – a geriatric singing a double-entendre-filled German minimal electric dance song, while sitting in a bath tub eating cereal.
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Incredible: This Is How The Game Of Monopoly Helped POWs Escape During World War II
16 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The game of Monopoly has been around for longer than most of us have lived (apologies if your are, in fact, 80).
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Tuesday Morning Spice
07 Jan 2014 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
German Chancellor Angela Merkel in ski accident. New feedback on Schumacher. Queen gives Harry an order. Independent’s Chris Whitfield takes early retirement. Madonna under fire for son’s booze photo. China destroys ivory. Cars go online at CES.
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Very Cool: Busker Gets Surprise As Original Singer Joins Him In Song [VIDEO]
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is awesome. A busker in Berlin was caught on camera by a passer-by when he was playing ‘Smalltown Boy’ by Bronski Beat. Halfway through, a bald man and his dog approach him as the man begins to chime in. Surprisingly, he sings pretty well. The busker doesn’t seem too fazed by the whole ordeal, until he realises that the bald man just happens to be Bronski Beat’s legendary frontman, Jimmy Somerville.
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German Chancellor Enraged By Opponent’s Middle-Finger Photo Shoot [PIC]
13 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief election rival has sparked a storm by flipping the bird on the cover of the weekly magazine supplement of the Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily newspaper’s Friday edition. The middle finger, or “stinkefinger” (note: best vulgarity name, ever) is a fairly big deal in Germany. Cranking one out in public can earn you a fine of anywhere between 600 to 4,000 Euro.
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Giant Graffiti Penis Shuts Down Nürburgring Race Track [PIC]
09 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
No matter how old you are, a penis drawing on anything is still hilarious. Take a look at this big guy, spray painted on the Nurburging in Germany.
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Hyper-Successful People Never Feel Rushed: Here’s Why
08 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In the early 1990’s, three psychologists called on the Universität der Künste in West Berlin, Germany to study violinists. The psychologists asked a music teacher which of the violinists were most likely to have professional careers. The scientists separated that group out as the elite players. For comparison they also selected a group of students from […]
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Twitter Has Officially Silenced Its First Account Ever
18 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In the first move of its kind, Twitter has officially banned the account of a German neo-Nazi group. The action came after a request from German police, who claimed the account holders were a “criminal organisation”.
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50 000 Greek Protesters Demonstrate Against German Chancellor [GALLERY]
10 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
About 50 000 demonstrators defied a ban on protests yesterday in Greece to voice their displeasure with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. She is currently in the country to meet with Greek leaders who are searching for a new package of budget cuts. They need this in order to secure bail-out funds – largely underwritten by the German taxpayer.
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City of Berlin: “No Entry For Hipsters”
18 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Berlin has just shot to the number three most visited tourist destination in Europe, coming in just behind London and Paris. The difference is that London and Paris have been hosting tourists for a good few hundred years. Berlin, on the other had, has only been welcoming guests for the last 20. Ze Germans aren’t too happy about this.
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Undetonated 250Kg WWII Bomb Discovered And Destroyed In Munich [VIDEO]
29 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Imagine working on a construction site right in the heart of one of Germany’s largest cities, and suddenly coming across a large, rusty, unidentified object. Trying to figure out what the large, 250kg object is, you ask your foreman. You learn that it’s a bomb, left over from when the Allies bombed the shit out of you, 70 years ago.
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German Chancellor Accidentally Given Hitler Moustache On Live TV [VIDEO]
11 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Damn! This is so awkward. German chancellor Angela Merkel appeared on a Dutch news show over the weekend. At one point a certain black line appeared across her top lip. According to the show’s producers, this was an “unintended outcome” from the programme’s graphics, which inadvertently placed the mark on her face.
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Religion Fail: Court In Germany Bans Circumcision Of Young Boys
28 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
In the first ruling of its kind in Germany, a local court ruled yesterday that circumcision performed for religious reasons on young boys be banned as it could cause long-lasting, irreparable damage. It went on to say that the act should be made illegal due to the serious bodily harm that it could cause.
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German Woman Has Lived Without Cash For 16 Years
20 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
I always hate the end of the month when the money runs dry. No money equals stress, no fun, and generally less food. Not if you are Heidemarie Schwermer, however, has firmly given “The Man” the finger and has been living at the end of the month for the last 16 years.
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There’s A Karl Marx Credit Card Now
18 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well, I guess it was only a matter of time before the word ‘irony’ stopped being able to quite cover it. The German bank Sparkasse Chemnitz have launched a Karl Marx credit card, after the father of Communism won in an online voting poll for new credit card designs. Somewhere a grave is spinning.
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US Judge Rules Against German Microsoft Injunction
12 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In another great instance of American judges believing that their jurisdiction has no limits, a U.S. judge has ruled that Motorola cannot enforce an injunction that would prevent Microsoft from selling Windows products in Germany, should a German court issue such an injunction next week.
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The Nazis Have Landed: Is It Too Soon For A Film Like Iron Sky? [VIDEO]
08 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Iron Sky, a long-awaited science fiction spoof about Nazis invading Earth from their secret moon base is about to be released in Europe and internationally. While it has gained much support online and even some plaudits at festivals, some critics are wondering if Germans are ready for such rampant fun to be made of one of the darkest periods of their recent history.
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German Court Rejects Samsung’s 3G Patent Lawsuit Against Apple
20 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Man, Samsung, you guys have been losing pretty much everything against Apple in the past couple of weeks. Germany’s Mannheim Regional court reached a decision on one point of the continuing lawsuit between Apple and Samsung, rejecting the claim that Apple have infringed upon Samsung’s German 3G patents.
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Uproar Over Planned German Reprint Of ‘Mein Kampf’
18 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Controversy is raging on both sides of the Atlantic over a British publisher’s plan to reprint Adolf Hitler’s anti-semitic manifesto, Mein Kampf, in German for the first time since the end of the Second World War.
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“Obscene, Ignorant” Susan Sarandon Calls Pope A Nazi
18 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Susan Sarandon has really rubbed America’s largest Catholic civil rights organization up the wrong way. The actress raised eyebrows the other day when she referred to Pope Benedict as a “Nazi”, and the Catholic League is now lashing out at her. The league claims that what Susie said was positively obscene, showing “unparalleled ignorance”.
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Germany’s ‘Pirate Party’ Takes 9% Of The Vote
20 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The upstart German Pirate Party took just under 9% of the electoral vote in Sunday’s Berlin elections, winning 15 seats in the 149-seat state parliament. For the most part, they’ve been campaigning on a platform of free Wi-Fi, free public transportation, and a lower voting age. Just like real pirates.
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German Nationalist Punked By ‘Trojan T-Shirt’
10 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Souveneir t-shirts handed out at a rock festival in Gera, eastern Germany, were decorated with skulls, right-wing flags and the words “hardcore rebels,” to appeal to the vaguely neo-Nazi crowd the festival attracts. Except when the shirts got washed, the douchey decorations faded, replaced with anti-extremist slogans.
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German Ad Campaign: ‘Sex Is No Accident.’
29 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
MTV Germany, which is a thing I didn’t know existed until just now, is trying to spread the word to the masses: there is no such thing as accidental sex, please wear condoms. To emphasize the point, they’ve put together a series of comics in which people accidentally have sex and don’t wear condoms.
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